The Vanishing remake is covered in Stephen Prince, 'International Influence of Hollywood Style' in Movies and Meaning (Allyn and Bacon, 1997) pp 267-277 See also Carolyn A.Durham, Double Takes: Culture and Gender in French Films and Their American Remakes (University Press of New England, 1998) and Andrew Horton and Stuart Y. McDougal (eds) Play it again, Sam : retakes on remakes (University of California Press, 1998) for more on other remakes. Karl Phillips ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]